The Titans have had several top 5 ranked defenses over the past decade... and we still didnt get a playoff win let alone a championship. This is primarily because of instability/lacking a franchise quarterback (and poor coaching). I'm not saying that it isn't important to have a top defense, but having a franchise quarterback is much more paramount

We haven't had a dominate shut D since 2000. The 2008 team proved that when they couldn't stop teams when they needed to. That's why we failed! And please don't start singing Schwartz praises, he sucked!

Very difficult the mimmick what Seattle has created although no doubt this will be the blue print of how many of the other NFL teams will TRY to do.

You gotta hit on your draft picks not just from 1st round picks but down to 6 and 7 which Seattle did.

Also they built this team before getting a franchise QB. The defense was in the process of being built prior to landing Wilson. Which puts us in good shape since we dont really have a QB either and have a few building blocks in place on defense - this draft we better hit and hit some more on deep defensive picks - that would be a good start.

The real reason Seattle was so successful this season was because they combined a defense that specialized in creating turnovers and an offense that did not turn the ball over. That was really where Russell Wilson shined this season was limiting T/O and not putting his defense in bad positions. Wilson is good enough to beat any team with his arm if they load up to stop the run but he almost just sits back and acts as a game manger a lot of the time and supplements that with his ability to run.

We were doing a very similar thing until Jake Locker was injured which was a big reason for our great start.

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